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Old 10-03-2021, 10:20 AM   #11
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Jay Disbrow is so good, let's do four more -





A Horror Writer finds out that he knows a little toooo much -


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Old 10-03-2021, 10:31 AM   #12
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Here's my 1st quick-tip on where to find collections of 50's pre-code horror.

Last year I explored the 70's B&W mags of Skywald & pointed out the Gwandanaland books had all of the collected in affordable trades. While you can still find a few of them on Amazon (Scream, Nightmare & Psycho), they're getting harder to find.

Gwandanaland is now publishing B&W collections of many 50's horror books - Tales From The Tomb, Chamber Of Chills, Out Of The Shadows, Adventure Into The Unknown & Dark Mysteries are just some of the titles they've gathered, all for around $20 each, if that. Believe me, the time to strike on these is NOW! I'll talk higher end soon.

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Old 10-04-2021, 09:08 AM   #13
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Don Heck, co-creater of Iron Man & a well known Avengers artist, also drew a heck of a lot of pre-code Horror comics in the 50's. One of the best, imo, Don could draw a werewolf, vampire, ghost or ghoul like no one elce. Attention to detail with his cityscapes, winter forests, etc... along with his beautiful women, added a Noir feeling to his art. -

In this one, a bald barber steals a dead vampires' hair, transplants the mop on his own head then becomes a vampire himself. Fun!




This guy was so angry after being killed, that he managed to stay animated til his murdered returned & he could kill him -


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Old 10-04-2021, 10:15 AM   #14
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These are great as always. I need to find that Jack Sparling pic.
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Old 10-04-2021, 12:15 PM   #15
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These are great as always. I need to find that Jack Sparling pic.
Thanks, Mr. H. Sparling reminds me a lot of Neal Adams in terms of horror. Very similar styles. We'll see Neal pretty soon.
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Old 10-04-2021, 12:31 PM   #16
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Howard Nostrand was simply amazing as a horror artist. He drew in an almost Mad Magazine' style with thick lines & exaggerated features, but everything made sense & looked great in a nightmarish way. When the government investigations were just starting to heat up with congress maybe a year away from passing their code verdict, Nostrand gave them all the finger by completing some of his most horrific & best work. An artist and a thoughtful agitator.







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Old 10-05-2021, 10:35 AM   #17
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Lou Cameron, probably the most surreal of the precode horror artists, was an a man who liked to artistically experiment. He had a Ditko/Steranko' style, using shadow subdued dark backgrounds which caused the horrors on the page to really pop. Another one of the greats, IMO.



On a plane surrounded by vampires.


Atmosphere ...SET!


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Old 10-05-2021, 01:31 PM   #18
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Dick Beck - Don't know too much about this artist other than, he could really draw. He drew a tale called Horror Of Mixed Torsos, which is one of my absolute 50's faves. He drew for a book called Dark Mysteries (& others) pre code.

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Old 10-05-2021, 01:45 PM   #19
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Joe Maneely - Before drawing for Marvel in the Silver Age, Joe worked for pre-Marvel, Atlas comics & other pre code comics. Joe co-created Marvel's Black Knight! He drew many beautiful Horror Covers -







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Lin Streeter - I like Lin's work. He drew a few forgotten Golden Age hero books & also Archie for a while, & you can see it in his style. Kind of a Max Fleischer' style in comics form. He drew for Adventure Into The Unknown in the early 50's, along for a few other horror comics -







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